Great since day one
What keeps nearly every Android device and OS release from being truly great are deep-rooted issues that have no apparent solution for the foreseeable future. The device manufacturers aren’t very good at software, yet they keep writing their own. The OS has no consistent hardware platform to target. The manufacturers produce devices with inconsistent build quality (the Droid’s battery door, the Nexus One’s button misalignment) and lots of why-is-this-here moments (the Droid’s keyboard, the Nexus One’s trackball).
When was the last time…?
People don’t talk about it because I think if you’re female, there’s an issue. And if you’re not strumming a guitar or playing a freakin’ flute or a fiddle, suddenly you’re like less of an artist… because that’s not your process. People don’t realize when I first started out, I made sure I hit a lot of high notes. It was all about the voice. If I just started out singing softly only, people wouldn’t necessarily have taken notice.
I think this woman is a lot smarter and more business savvy than people give her credit for.
[In response to whether she is a singer or writer first:] I do feel like I’m a writer first. Technically, I don’t have to write the song in order to sing it. Somebody could write the song and present it to me. I don’t feel fulfilled as an artist that way.
And whether or not you actually like her music, it is hard to deny that she has been an extremely skillful artist through the years, not just in vocal ability but also in the way she has been able to continually connect with fans. Hey, 18 number one hits didn’t just come out of sheer luck!
Not to mention… when was the last time you wrote a Christmas standard?
Bold or BBM?
Just saw a TV spot for the BlackBerry Bold, although I could have sworn it was an ad for their BlackBerry Messenger service since the phone wasn’t prominent until the very end. So which is it that’s supposed to entice me? The Bold or BBM?
"Community-Powered PC Maintenance"
That there exists a Windows utility to rid your computer of pre-installed crapware is just disgusting to me.
